Why buying used games contributes to the industry

[Jmustang1968]

There seems to be a huge assumption that the people who bought the game used would have bought it new in the first place, that was never a guarantee and some people are acting like people that buy used are stealing money out of a developers pocket.

a sale that never took place is just that, the money never existed therefore it cannot be taken out of someones pocket, if your game does not sell to expectations oh well don't blame everyone else.

Yes, that was exactly the argument I was making...

[Arbitern1]

These threads all bullshit. They have all boiled down to the same pro and cons of buying used games. I don't feel as if I even need to read this thread, because ive read countless others just like it.